Multicolor printing, drying, and embossing machine



J. MOSCINI MULTICOLOR PRINTING, DRYING, AND EMBOSSING MACHINE 4 Dec. 6,1927.

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J. MOSCINI MULTICOLOR PRINTING, DRYING, AND EMBOSSING MACHINE Filed Jan.11. 1 '4 Sheets-Sheet 2 fizz/6225021 J/Vaacz'zi.

6, J. MOSCINl MULTI COLOR PRINTING, DRYING, AND EMBOSSING MACHINE FiledJan.11. 1926 4'Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

UNITED htSLdZS FFlflE.

PATENT JOHN MOSCINL-OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Application filed January 11, 1926. Serial No. 80,642.

My invention relates to printing, drying and embossing machines, andmore particularly to a flat bed multicolor printing, drying andembossing machine and it is a distinct and practical improvement toovercome certain practical objections to, and defects in, machines ofthe present type.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a printing, drying andembossing machine consisting of a plurality of printing units, inkdrying means and an embossing unit, any number of which printing unitsmay be arranged in series, on one side of the drying means forsuccessfully performing a printing operation on a continuous strip ofpaper and for successfully performing em bossing operations after theink has driedon said continuous strip of paper.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for grippingthe paper strip to cause the printed colors to properly register and tocause proper registration thereof for the embossing thereof.

My invention also embraces means for positioning the printed strip ofpaper for properregistering with each unit of the machine and foraccomplishing an important step in moving the material or printed stripforward at a constant speed.

My novel automatic or continuous flat bed printing, drying and embossingmachine comprises a plurality of mechanism, certain of which areduplicates by which printing in multicolo-rs, drying and embossing areaccomplished in one continuous operation upon a continuous strip ofpaper.

Another object of my invention is to provide a fiat bed machine whichshall be adapted to multicolor printing, multicolor printing and drying,or multicolor printing, drying and embossing, more rapidly, moreperfectly, more economically and with much less manual labor thanheretofore A further object of the invention is the substantial simplemanner of connecting the associating parts so that the printingoperations, ink drying and embossing operation will be facilitated witha minimum amount of movement and power. 7

A further object of the invention is the novel construction of themechanism for inking the type.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a printingmachine which possesses advantages in points of simplicity forming apart of this specification, wher'ein like characters of reference denotesimilar parts throughout the several views:

F 1g. 1, 1s a side elevation of a multicolor printing, drying andembossing machine embodying the features of'my invention.

Fig. 2, is a front'elevation of the machine with portions thereof brokenaway.

Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional view of the printing units. I

Fig. 4, is a side elevation of one of the printing units. I I

Fig. 5, is a detail in plan view of a portion of the perforated paperstrip and one of the registering rolls.

Fig. 6, is a front elevation of the embossing unit. i

In carrying out the aim of my present invention, I provide a flat bedmachine consisting ofa plurality of printing units, adrying unit and anembossing unit, all arranged in continuing series so as to producemulticolor printing, the drying of the printed colore and the embossingthereof.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character 1 represents asuitable flat bed plate which constitutes one of the elements of themachine.

As shown in Fig. 1, a plurality of printing units are employed formulticolor printing and each of the printing units consist of a suitablesupporting frame 2 which is adjustably mounted upon the flat bed plate 1by means of the tongue and groove connections 3, as shown in Fig. 2, sothat the several printmg units may be spaced any desired distance apart,as is manifest. Each'sup-' crank arms 12. The crank arms 12 are eachconnected by suitable links 13 to the pivot shaft 14 ofa suitabletype'carrier 15. The ends of the pivot shaft 14 are guided by the guidearms 16, each of which is provided with a vertically disposed slot 17 toreceive the ends of the pivot shaft 14 to prevent other than verticalreciprocating movement of the type carrier 15. Thus it will be readilyseen that by turning the crank shaft 10 the crank arms 12 willreciprocate the type carrier 15 vertically due to the connection of thelinks 13. V

Cooperating with the type carrier 15 is the table, or flat bed 1 overwhich is adapted to suitably move a continuous paper strip 18 from asupporting roll 19.

It will be noted that the reciprocating ac- 7 tion of the type carrier15 and its action upon the fiat bed plate 1 enables any num ber ofprinting units to be arranged in series in suitable spaced relation uponthe bed plate 1 to successfully print in colors upon the continuousstrip of paper 18.

' second shaft 20 has connected thereto a crank arm 21 that carries aroller 22 coacting with a cam 23 fixed to the shaft 10.

Suitable levers 24 are fixed at one end to the shaft 20 and dependtherefrom. The lower ends of the levers 24 carry suitable bearing blocks25 in which are adjustably mounted suitable inking rollers 26. Theserollers 26 have a yieldable action with type 27 carried by the typecarrier 15 through the arrangement of suitable coiled springs 28.

The inking mechanism consists ofa supply roller 29 which is associatedwith a suitable hopper 30, and also includes aseries of feed rollers 31that coact with a distributing roller 32. A suitable discharge roll 33is carried by suitable arms 34 connected at one end to the shaft-18 toautomatically engage the supply roller 29 and one of theuppermost rollsof the feed rolls 31 for taking ink from the supply roll 29 and evenlydistributing the ink on the uppermostroll of the feed rolls 31. It is ofcourse understood that the arms 34 may be connected to the shaft 20 inany suitable manner to accomplish the result desired thereof and forillustrative purpose only, I have shown the arms as frictionallyconnected at their rear ends to the shaft 20 by the screws35 connectingthe bifurcated ends 36 of the arms 34.

The color drying and registering mechanism consists of a plurality ofrollers designated 37, 38 and 39 each provided with radially directedfingers 40 arranged in lines upon the peripheryof said rollers.

The rollers 38 and 39 are spaced the desired distance apart and a heaterbox 41 is disposed below the rollers 38 and 39 through which the paperstrip 18n1ust pass in a sagged condition for drying the colored inksthereon before leaving the heating chamber 42 of the heater box 41 fordelivery to an.

embossing machine arranged in series with the presses and the heaterbox.

An embossing pres is positioned upon the flat bed plate 1 between theregistering rollers 37 and 38 and it consists of an upright frame 43suitably carried by the bed plate 1. The frame 43 is provided with a.driven shaft 44 having the gear 45 for meshing with a gear 46 carried bythe drive shaft 7. The drive shaft 44 is provided with a gear 47 whichmeshes with a gear 48 fixed to a suitable journaled crank shaft 49. Thecrank shaft 49 is connected by suitable links' 50 to the pivot shaft 51of a suitable carrier 52 which is provided with a suitably'heatedsuitably. heated female embossing die 56,

which is suitably carried by the flat bed plate 1. V

The means for revolving the registering rollers 37, 38 and 39 consistsof a chain 57 riding over sprockets 58 and 59. Sprocket 58 is fixed tothe shaft 4 of one of the several printing units, while the othersprocket 59 is fixed to a suitable shaft 60. A second chain 61 is alsoemployed which rides over a sprocket 62 fixed to the shaft 60 and alsoover sprockets 63, 64 and 65 which are fixed to the registering rollers37, 38 and 39, respectively. r

The continuous paper strip 18"is provided with spaced lines ofperforations 66 for the fingers 40 of the registering rolls 37 38 and 39to engage in to prevent slipping of the paper strip between while movingfrom under one type carrier to the other during multicolor printingoperations by meansof the several printing units and bring the color ofthe previously printed section into proper register with the nextprinting operation and also for bringing the multicolored printedsections of the paper strip into proper register with the embossing dieafter leaving the ink drying unit of the apparatus, as is manifest.

The many advantages of the herein defrom the spirit and scope of myinvention and the terms of the following claims, hence I wish it to beunderstood that I reserve the right "to make such changes, ormodifications, as may fairly fall withinthe scope of the appended claimswhen fairly construed.

What I claim is:

1. In a machine of the class described, in

combination, a horizontally arranged flat bed table adapted to have aperforated continuous strip of paper passed thereover, a plurality ofreciprocating printing means for color printing operations upon saidstrip, means through which the printed strip passes for drying the inkon the strip while passing therethrough and reciprocating embossingmeans disposed adjacent the drying means for embossing the multicoloredprinted sections of the paper strip after leaving the drying means andmeans for engaging in the perforations of the paper strip to cause theprinted color operations to properly register and to cause themulticolor printing sections of the strip to properly register with theembossing means.

2. A machine of the class described com prising a flat bed tableadapted'to have a perforated continuous paper strip pass thereover, aplurality of spaced supporting frames, a drive shaft for each frame, atype carrier for each frame, links pivotally connected to each typecarrier and having operative connections with their respective driveshaft, a swingingly mounted lever and a cam for each drive shaft foroperating their respective levers and adjustable inking rolls carried bysaid levers for action on said type carriers, ink distributing meanscoacting with said rolls and means engaging in the perforations of thepaper strip to properly register the sections of the strip to be printedwith the several printing means in multicolor work.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a flat bed table adaptedto have a perforated continuous paper strip pass thereover, a pluralityof spaced supporting frames, a drive shaft for each frame, a typecarrier for each frame, links pivotally connected to each type carrierand having operative connections with their respective drive shaft, aswingingly mounted lever and a cam for each drive shaft for operatingtheir respective levers and adjustable inking rolls carried by saidlevers for action on said type carriers, ink distributing means coactingwith said rolls and means engaging in the perforations of the paperstrip to properly register the sections of the strip to be printed withthe several printing means in multicolor work, means for drying the inkafter the printing operations and means for embossing the printedsections of the paper strip after the drying operation.

4. A machine of the class described comprising a flat bed table adaptedto have a perforated continuous paper strip' pass thereover, a pluralityof supporting frames adjustably supported in spaced relation upon saidtable, a'drive shaft supported'by each frame, a type carrier for eachframe,

links pivotally connected to each type cartributing means coacting withsaid rolls, means operatively associated with said levers forcontrolling the inking operations of said mechanism, and means engagingin the perforations of the paper strip to prop erly register thesections of the strip to be printed with the several printing means inmulticolor work. 7

5. A multicolor printing machine comprising a flat bed table adapted tohave a perforated continuous paper strip pass thereover, a plurality ofsupporting frames adjustably supported in spaced relation, a drive shaftfor each supporting frame, crank arms carried by each drive shaft, meansfor connecting said drive shafts, a type carrier for each frame mountedover the table, links pivotally connecting each type carrier with thecrank arms of its respective drive shaft, a second shaft for each frame,a crank arm connected to each second shaft, a cam on each drive shaftfor action against said crank arms, a lever .secured to each secondshaft, ink rolls adjustably carried by said levers for action upon theirrespective type carrier, an ink supply roller for each frame, inkdistributing rolls for each ink supply roller, a discharge rolladjustably connected to each of said second shafts and alternatelycoacting with its respective supply roller and its associatingdistributing rolls and means engaging in the perforations of the paperstrip to properly register the sections of the strip to be printed withthe several printing means in multicolor work.

6. A printing machine comprising a support-ing frame, a flat bed table,a type carrier, a drive shaft, an operative connection between the driveshaft and said type carrier and means for feeding ink to the typecarried including an oscillating arm and a cam connection between thearm and said drive shaft.

7. A printing machine comprising a supporting frame, a flat bed table, adrive shaft carried by the frame, a type carrier, a link pivotallyconnected to the type carrier and having an operative connection withsaid shaft, a swingingly mounted lever and cam on said shaft foroperating said lever and adjustably inking the rolls carried by saidlever for action upon said type carrier and ink distributing meanscoacting with said rolls, and means operatively associated with saidleverfor controlling the inking opera tion of the said mechanism. I I

8. A printing machine comprising a supporting frame a drive shaftconnected thereto, crank arms carried by said drive shaft, ahorizontally arranged table, a type carrier mounted over the table,links pivotally connecting said type carrier to said crank arms, asecond shaft, a: crank arm connected there to, a calnon thefirst shaftfor action against and a discharge rolladjustably connectedrto saidsecond shaft and alternately coacting with said supply roll and saiddistributing rolls.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto af-,

fixed by signature;

JOHN .MOSCINI.

